Chance encounters with the celebrated
Letter No. 61: Includes far more name-dropping than is customary.
Walking into McNally Jackson Books in Soho, I nearly collided
More of the reading public reading in public
Letter No. 60: Includes books and chai and something in the eye.
Additional images from Dr Essai’s growing archive
Book report for October 2023
Letter No. 59: Includes a book in a box, two really stupid characters, and more mystification than is customary
This
Poster politics in Washington, DC
Letter No. 58: Includes street politics, cryptic commentary, and strange use of hearts
There are many ways to wage politics
Elegy for a friend
Twenty-six years at Johns Hopkins University left me with profound regard for the human mind’s powers of comprehension. We
Boundary conditions, liminal states, and working one’s way to grace
Letter No. 57: Includes charming crankiness, someone else’s essay reproduced in its entirety, a hummingbird, Beethoven, and phlox.
I
Hey, is that wonder? No, over there, captive on the face of the obvious...
Letter No. 56: Includes dense but luminous prose, at least one hard-to-pronounce name, and reference to the “oh wow” school
Book report for September 2023
Includes mentions of a happy musician, a pissed-off musician, and a character with a pseudonym Elon Musk probably wants to
When minds align, great things can happen. Sometimes not.
Includes repeated mention of Proust, plus a trampoline, lyrics used without credit from Stephen Stills, cave trolls, and Dune.
Dr
The reading public reading in public
May not be suitable for all ages. Includes graphic images of people engaging with print matter.
I was a constant
